24Synonyms found for inertia

Word Origin & History

inertia 1713, used as a term in physics 17c. by Ger. astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from L. inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (gen. inertis) "unskilled, inactive," see inert. Used in Mod.L. by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.

Example Sentences for inertia

Inadequate resources, poor coordination, and bureaucratic inertia or a failure to heed warnings can have tragic consequences.

He had introduced the notion of inertia, and the concept of acceleration as a change in velocity.

Be this a difference of inertia, of bulk or of form, matters not to the argument-Spencer.

Some of this may be the result of simple inertia, but our hesitancy to change is also driven by our aversion to loss.

Any academic practice that rests largely on inertia is one that's ripe for hacking.

Engine has to cross this zone only by means of inertia of the over all system.

In fact, the inertia of county officials is responsible for their failure to adopt the new system in obedience to the law.

But by this time a kind of momentum had built up, and the inertia of exposure could not be restrained.

The same is true of my torso, with the result that backache from inertia and pressure is a chronic irritation.

But the inertia of ice sheets is not our ally against the effects of global warming.